Guitar legend appears in Windhoek

With the beautiful Inhlanini, as the soloist, who like no other in Madiba country creates bridges between the typical Cape Town ‘goema’ styles and world music.

With Shake , as the ‘melody-maker’ of Tananas ‘ that greatest of all South African bands, which was robbed of its hub and deprived of its heart beat when Gito Baloy, the Tananas bass guru, died so tragically in 2002, ruthlessly mugged by the proverbial RSA car hi-jackers.

With Roger Moore’s Love Affair with Peter Seller , as the duo Steve Newman & Tony Cox ‘ the only South African guitar duo capable of ‘ and famous for ‘ playing two different songs at the same time with no-one in the audience complaining.

Back to the aliens ‘ these creatures would, after discovering and decoding the sealed package ‘ possibly see the world in a different light, consider it a peaceful entity, one worth discovering and treating as a potential friend and (provided they are a comparably developed species) as an equal partner.

So divine is Steve Newman, when he plays his guitar, that aliens and humans alike are bound to sit back and listen ‘ attentively. The tones and melodies coming from a simple six string guitar have secret ‘Muti’ power ‘ capturing young and old, man and woman, earthling and alien.

For the old Steve Newman fans words and promotion efforts are futile ‘ a single whisper released on Independence Avenue suffices to announce his ‘come back’. This effort, however, aims at capturing those who are not in the know, those, especially the serious listeners, who might come and witness and explore Steve’s rich musical knowledge and skills and who will find themselves ‘ in awe, like the rest of us.